Physics and Astronomy

Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences has recognized seven faculty and staff for excellence in teaching, mentoring, scholarship, service and leadership.

The lead gift, among the largest ever given to Elon, by Furman ‘56 and Susan Moseley will name IQ One and marks a significant step forward in the launch of facilities that will house Elon’s engineering and STEM programs.

Blending in-person experimentation with remote methodologies, faculty have changed the way labs operate while meeting learning requirements.

This summer, a small army of faculty and staff prepared technology and tools that create opportunities for students to connect with material and each other.

The professorships support members of the faculty from a variety of disciplines across the university.

Collaboration including associate professor of astrophysics Chris Richardson will use Chandra and Gemini Observatories to detect black hole signatures

The generous commitment will support new facilities for the university’s STEM programs, a top priority of the Elon LEADS Campaign and the university’s strategic plan.

Researchers from the two universities have made advances in the field of soft robotics by bending artificial cilia into new shapes using a magnetic field, then returning the cilia to their original shape by exposing them to light.

The generous gift from the McMichael Family Foundation, including Elon Trustee Mac McMichael P’99, Life Trustee Gail McMichael Lane P’96 GP’23 and Flavel McMichael Godfrey, will support Elon’s new Innovation Quad, a priority of the Elon LEADS Campaign.

Chris Richardson, associate professor of astrophysics at Elon, and a collaborator at UNC-Chapel Hill will receive the equivalent of $6,000 in computational resources from a National Science Foundation-funded program.